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Online Service’s Free Virtual Console Games Expire After One Month

Nintendo’s website describing the benefits of their paid online service seem intentionally vague. The description for the ‘Monthly Game Download…

So, unless I’m misunderstanding this, you would be given a free game in March, could play it for free throughout March, and then should you try to play it in April or afterwards you’d have to purchase the game.

Nintendo, please, please stop disappointing me and tell me this isn’t true.

({ok, i read it, sounds more like you’re renting the game, it’s 50/50 in my book depending on what the prices would be})

Given that the titles offered are virtual console NES and SNES titles that have been on the virtual console for years, and available in general circulation for decades, they wouldn’t charge much.  That’s not the point though.  The rentals are your incentive to pay for the subscription, which is a far cry from what is done by both Sony and Microsoft with their own comparable services.

With Sony and Microsoft you pay $5-8/month and you are given 2-8 relatively new games completely free, while also getting discounts and sales not available to those who don’t pay for the service.

With Nintendo’s plan you pay $5 a month to rent a 30 year old game for 4 weeks before you have to pay for it.

(via spirit-spark)